A 'bioproduction breadboard': programming, assembling, and actuating cellular networks

- Pathway engineering approaches create opportunities for new products and processes.
- Cell populations are assembled independently, but linked for desired functionality.
- Signaling modalities, such as light and metabolite level, offer dynamic control.
- Genetic switches are linked with signaling modalities for actuation.
- Perspectives for future linkage suggest 'bioproduction breadboard'.